The Sanctuary for Women & Girls: Hudson, WI and San Diego, CA
Who We Are
...We Take You Personally
At the Sanctuary, we understand the importance of safety and comfort in healing. You’ll find us discreetly tucked away in a turn-of-the-century home in downtown Hudson. You’ll make your way to our cozy waiting room, browse or borrow from our extensive lending library, then make yourself at home in one of our warm consulting rooms. Put your feet up on the old hassock or stretch out on the cushy sofa. Comfortable? Then let’s begin…
We Get You
Our clinicians have many years’ experience helping people get unstuck. We’re skilled at meeting people where they’re at and building the kind of personal connections that make it safe to heal. Many of our clients tell us they’ve made the rounds of therapists for years and this is the first time they’ve felt that healing connection.
Many clients tell us with relief, “Thank you for understanding! My last therapist wouldn’t let me talk about what happened when I was a kid. She said the past doesn’t matter anymore, we have to focus on the present.” That saddens us, because we know that most people who suffer from anxiety, depression, and eating disorders do so because they’ve been injured. If you’re stuck it’s probably because the past is NOT over for you! For 20 years now, while the mainstream has slowly been moving away from “blame the victim” thinking and toward understanding the connection between childhood trauma and adult mental and emotional problems, we’ve been letting our clients show us where they need to go, asking “Where are you hurt?” and “What happened?” Long ago, we developed effective tools to find, deconstruct and bring to successful resolution the painful memories that keep you stuck. Once we were “outside the box.” Now, if the blizzard of new workshop offerings on trauma is any indication, the box is coming to us!
We see only women for two reasons:
· Many women have been deeply injured by the abuse of male power and privilege: rape, incest, domestic violence. Some of our clients feel threatened and anxious in the presence of unfamiliar men. Our first commitment is to their physical and emotional safety.
· We have expertise in women’s issues, professionally and personally. We’ve not only studied it, we’ve lived it for a lifetime and hopefully gained wisdom on the way. We’re not “neutral observers.” We’re passionate advocates for the health and human dignity of women everywhere.
